Accent

1.

(A stress of voice, a stress upon a syllable or a note of music, inflection of the voice, manner of speech) ការសង្កត់សំឡេង, របៀបនិយាយដោយឡែក, សំនៀង, សញ្ញា put the accent on last syllable ការសង្កត់សំឡេង write an accent សញ្ញាសង្កត់សំឡេង foreign accent របៀបនិយាយដោយឡែក
Example: In the word "today" the accent is on the second syllable.

• acute accent
  - សញ្ញាសង្កត់សំលេងលើអក្សរ (é)

1.

Expressions in general; speech.

2.

A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents.

3.

Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; as, a foreign accent; a French or a German accent.

4.

A word; a significant tone

5.

Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.

6.

A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.

7.

A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.

8.

The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.

9.

The expressive emphasis and shading of a passage.

10.

A mark placed at the right hand of a letter, and a little above it, to distinguish magnitudes of a similar kind expressed by the same letter, but differing in value, as y', y''.

11.

A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i.e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds.

12.

A mark used to denote feet and inches; as, 6' 10'' is six feet ten inches.

13.

A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the others.

1.

(TRANSITIVE) To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.

2.

(TRANSITIVE) To mark emphatically; to emphasize.

1.

boat, emphasis, inflection, intonation